"So, the fear of death might be described as the fear of not being able to become whom one had planned to be."

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Source : Pascal Mercier (2009). “Night Train To Lisbon”, p.102, Atlantic Books Ltd

Pascal Mercier

#Might Quotes #Able Quotes #Fear Of Death Quotes

“Yes, with Le Mans, obviously, the approach needs to be different. You have a race only once a year, so in the whole focus, the whole energy, you know that you cannot change the world and have a race two weeks later.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Mathematics is the art of accurate reasoning on inaccurately-drawn figures... let that be our motto.”
“It is better for a city to be governed by a good man than by good laws.”
“Retire to what? I already play golf and fish for a living.”
“When you notice light seeping into your coffin, it's hard to go on pretending that you're still dead.”

Source : "Bangkok Haunts". Book by John Burdett, 2007.
“There's times to be dainty and times to be a pig.”
“We raise predators by treating children as prey.”
“The success that comes from my books is not something I feel very comfortable with. Past a certain point you have to accept the idea that the success is a lot to do with the timing and luck and that divorces you from it massively. There are aspects of it that I haven't got used to at all. But I've enjoyed some parts of it massively. It relates to the same reason I did a lot of backpacking Â— partly for the experience Â— it's something to tell my grandkids. It's a weird chain of events to have in your life.”

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